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Community Grants and Gifts
Organizations and schools in our community make miracles happen for thousands of people in our area every day: a child who struggles to read words on a printed page, a teenager who just learned she is pregnant, a person who relies on hospice care, and many others.
Agencies would probably find ways to continue serving local people in need without support from the Augusta Health Foundation, but it would divert their resources away from critical services. Funds from the Foundation allow dedicated professionals and volunteers to concentrate on doing their jobs instead of fundraising. Our mission is to support their missions. By awarding more than $1 million in gifts and grants, the Community Health Foundation has touched more than 90 schools and organizations since 2002.
Gift Awards
Gift awards are used to support small projects of less than $2,500. Grant awards are for projects of larger magnitude and require an application process.
Single Year Grants
The Augusta Health Foundation is committed to promoting the health and well-being of the residents in the greater Augusta County area. Single Year Grants are one way that the Augusta Health Foundation chooses to support local non-profit organizations in their quest for improving the quality of life for our citizens. Single Year Grant applications will be available on this website by February 1 of each year. The application will provide specific criteria for the annual award and the deadline for submission of Single Year Grant proposals is April 15 of each year.
Single Year Grant Recipients for 2011
| Agency | Need/Project |
|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Area Food Bank | Back Pack Program that serve 2,573 children |
| Boys & Girls Club of SAW | SMART Moves programs for children age 6-15 |
| Crossroads to Brain Injury Recovery | Case management services in Augusta County |
| Family Resource and Referral Center | Project Star for supervised visits with parents of 0-3 year olds and their 211 Service |
| Office on Youth | Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program that serves 2,500-3,000 students |
| Rebuilding Together | Home repair and modification projects |
| Ride with Pride | Cowboy Poetry program that serves 64 youth |
| Special Olympics | Programs and games |
| Salvation Army-Waynesboro | Emergency Services Program |
| Valley Children's Center | Forensic interviewing of victims of child abuse |
| Valley Hope Counseling Center | Low-fee counseling services |
| Valley Mission | ASK life skills program |
Multiyear Grants
The Augusta Health Foundation acknowledges that many initiatives require sustained funding and offers a Multiyear Grant to a non-profit organization that is able to demonstrate success in programming, collaboration with other agencies and measurable impact to the population served. Each year the Foundation Board determines the scope of the multiyear grant. Information and application criteria will be available on this website by May 15 of each year, with an abstract submission deadline of September 15.
Multiyear Grant Recipients for 2008, 2009, and 2010
| Agency | Need/Project |
|---|---|
| Augusta Health Hospice of the Shenandoah | Shenandoah House Gifted Care Program |
| Augusta Regional Dental Clinic | Access to dental care for low income adults |
| Healthy Families of the Blue Ridge | Coordination of a centralized point of entry to services, bilingual services and teen support services |